ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



wind was variable, sometimes Northeast, Eastnortheast, 

 and East by North : but we imagined ourselves to be 

 16. or 17. leagues off from the shore. 



The 16. we came to an anker about 4. or 5. of the 

 clocke after nonne, the people came presently to us after 

 the old maner, with crying Ilyaoute, and shewing us 

 Seales skinnes. The 17. we began to set up the pinnesse 

 that Peerson framed at Dartmouth, with the boords 

 which hee brought from London. 



The 18. Peerson and the Carpenters of the ships 

 began to set on the plankes. The 19. as we went about 

 Salt kemed on an Island, were found blacke Pumise stones, and salt 

 the rockes. kerned on the rockes, very white and glistering. This 

 day also the Master of the Sunneshine tooke of the 

 people a very strong lusty yoong fellow. 

 [III. 112.] The 20. about two of the clocke in the morning, the 



Savages came to the Island where our pinnace was 

 built readie to bee launched, and tore the two upper 

 strakes, and carried them away onely for the love of 

 the yron in the boords. While they were about this 

 practise, we manned the Elizabeths boate to goe a shore 

 to them : our men being either afrayd or amazed, were 

 so long before they came to shore, that our Captaine 

 willed them to stay, and made the Gunner give fire to a 

 Saker, and layd the piece levell with the boate which the 

 Savages had turned on the one side because wee should 

 not hurt them with our arrowes, and made the boate 

 their bulwarke against the arrowes which we shot at 

 them. Our Gunner having made all things readie, gave 

 fire to the piece, and fearing to hurt any of the people, 

 and regarding the owners profite, thought belike hee 

 would save a Sakers shot, doubting wee should have 

 occasion to fight with men of warre, and so shot off the 

 Saker without a bullet : we looking stil when the Savages 

 that were hurt should run away without legs, at length 

 wee could perceive never a man hurt, but all having 

 their legges could carrie away their bodies : wee had no 

 sooner shot off the piece, but the Master of the Sunne- 



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